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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 6d

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Craig Spencer MD MPH @craigspencer.bsky.social · 6d

I teach a class on the history of public health. After every class, I write a summary of what we discuss. Thought I'd start sharing some of those reflections.

Here's the first on the long history of quarantine, confinement, and travel restrictions.

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From Quarantine Islands to QR Codes: How Public Health Has Managed Mobility in Outbreaks

The politics of borders, bodies, and the enduring illusion of control

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Sara Silverstein @sarasilverstein.bsky.social · 9d

I'm delighted to host @craigspencer.bsky.social at the University of Connecticut next week for a conversation about "Eugenics, Statistics, and AI: From Past to Present."
October 7th, 12:30pm. Join us if you're in northeastern CT!
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Eugenics, Statistics, and AI: From Past to Present

Dr. Craig Spencer (Brown University SPH) looks back at the history of eugenics in medicine to explore how lessons from the past can teach us about ...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15d

“.. The President even said his recommendations were ‘based on what I feel.’ It was reckless guidance from a man with no medical training, delivered from the nation’s most powerful podium.”

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Craig Spencer MD MPH @craigspencer.bsky.social · 15d

After yesterday’s rambling press conference on acetaminophen and autism, I wrote for TIME about the disastrous medical guidance offered by the president and why this was even worse than the ‘inject bleach’ press conference during Covid

OpEd and accompanying video interview👇
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Trump Is Breaking Americans’ Trust in Doctors

"The President riffed on claims so easily disproven that they bordered on absurd," writes Dr. Craig Spencer.

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Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health @pandemiccenter.bsky.social · 15d

“This is the worst ‘health’ press conference I maybe have ever seen. And I watched every one during Covid.” — @craigspencer.bsky.social

After RFK Jr & Trump claimed #Tylenol in pregnancy and #vaccines raise autism risk without evidence, doctors warn the MAHA agenda is eroding public health.

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Autism, vaccines and paracetamol –how Trump and RFK created a policy from conspiracy

As Donald Trump uses the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without giving new evidence, Alex Hannaford looks at the rise of Robert F Kennedy Jr’s...

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Craig Spencer MD MPH @craigspencer.bsky.social · 16d

A gaggle of older men all nodding when the President tells pregnant women they ‘just gotta tough it out’ and ‘endure the pain’.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16d

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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · Sep 4

Doctor @craigspencer.bsky.social‬ argues that the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan amounts to one of its most consequential health policies, with an approach to data and research that risks hardwiring bias into American medicine. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

The Trump Administration Will Automate Health Inequities

By gatekeeping health data, the AI Action Plan risks hardwiring bias into the future of American medicine.

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Brown University School of Public Health @brownpublichealth.bsky.social · Sep 2

LISTEN: Professor @craigspencer.bsky.social joined @npr.org to discuss the recent upheaval at the CDC.⤵️

"Right now, whether you're Democrats, Republicans, left, right, whatever it is, we have an agency where it's really hard to trust the recommendations that are coming out."

An emergency room doctor describes what the changes at the CDC could mean for public health

The Trump Administration has made significant changes to the departments in charge of public health. Dr. Craig Spencer, an emergency medicine physician who teaches public health policy at Brown University, discusses the impact he expects on the health o...

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Brown University School of Public Health @brownpublichealth.bsky.social · Sep 2

As three top CDC officials resigned last week, Professor @craigspencer.bsky.social says there is no compensating for the vast experience lost: “We are dramatically less able to respond."

CDC officials who resigned in protest describe embrace of anti-science, anti-vaccine ideology under RFK Jr. - The Boston Globe

The three former CDC officials described an abandonment of science in favor of anti-vaccine, anti-science ideology under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health @pandemiccenter.bsky.social · Sep 2

Center Affiliate @craigspencer.bsky.social has an op-ed in @theatlantic.com on the White House AI Action Plan.

Health care has long struggled with bias across patient groups. #AI risks amplifying those gaps in the data we feed it, turning inequities into hard-to-fix standards of care.

More here ⤵️

The Trump Administration Will Automate Health Inequities

By gatekeeping health data, the AI Action Plan risks hardwiring bias into the future of American medicine.

www.theatlantic.com

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Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health @pandemiccenter.bsky.social · Sep 2

On @npr.org, @craigspencer.bsky.social warns new rules don't just affect #COVID vaccines. The danger is a future where all shots become more difficult, confusing, and costly to get.

“...more confusion, more chaos, more uncertainty and I think, unfortunately, a lot more sickness”

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An emergency room doctor describes what the changes at the CDC could mean for public health

The Trump Administration has made significant changes to the departments in charge of public health. Dr. Craig Spencer, an emergency medicine physician who teaches public health policy at Brown Univer...

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Craig Spencer MD MPH @craigspencer.bsky.social · Sep 2

a teddy bear is standing in front of a window and says ta-da !

ALT: a teddy bear is standing in front of a window and says ta-da !

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Aug 29

By gatekeeping health data, the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan risks hardwiring bias into the future of American medicine, Craig Spencer argues.

The Trump Administration Will Automate Health Inequities

By gatekeeping health data, the AI Action Plan risks hardwiring bias into the future of American medicine.

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Demetre Daskalakis @drdemetre.bsky.social · Aug 28

Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails.

The end of an era.

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Craig Spencer MD MPH @craigspencer.bsky.social · Aug 29

We should all worry about the chaos at the CDC

But there’s an even larger and longer-term health threat quietly unfolding

For @theatlantic.com I wrote about how the Trump admin’s ‘AI Action Plan’ risks hardwiring bias and inequity into medicine for decades.

www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

The Trump Administration Will Automate Health Inequities

By gatekeeping health data, the AI Action Plan risks hardwiring bias into the future of American medicine.

www.theatlantic.com

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Beth Cameron @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social · Aug 11

Wondering whose White House job it is to protect Americans from bio threats - and why that matters? As of this week, it is *nobody's* full-time job. Here is what that means for all of us. Thanks to Jon Finer & @spsaki.bsky.social who lay it out with me here: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

No One in the White House Knows How to Stop Ebola

We had a playbook for handling biothreats. Then Trump pushed out the people who knew how to use it.

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · Jul 7

“Politicians may slash budgets and dismantle institutions, but they cannot erase the principle that built them: that caring for others is a moral obligation, not a partisan position,” writes Dr. Craig Spencer.

Opinion | You Don’t Have to Be a Doctor to Understand This

The moral argument for global health is the strongest we have.

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Jul 7

"Empathy is not idealism; it articulates a pragmatic vision of our shared fate. In a world defined by worsening pandemics, climate instability and global interdependence, empathy is a necessity"

@craigspencer.bsky.social is spot on!

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...

Opinion | You Don’t Have to Be a Doctor to Understand This

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Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · Jul 7

Incredibly moving piece from an incredible human. I’m proud to know you @craigspencer.bsky.social. Thanks for inspiring us.

Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Jul 7

"Empathy is not idealism; it articulates a pragmatic vision of our shared fate. In a world defined by worsening pandemics, climate instability and global interdependence, empathy is a necessity"

@craigspencer.bsky.social is spot on!

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...

Opinion | You Don’t Have to Be a Doctor to Understand This

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · Jul 7

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If we allow the Trump administration’s assault on empathy to define our global health agenda, or ourselves, we won’t just be turning away from the world—we’ll be turning away from who we are
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Craig Spencer MD MPH @craigspencer.bsky.social · Jul 7

If we allow the Trump administration’s assault on empathy to define our global health agenda, or ourselves, we won’t just be turning away from the world — we’ll be turning away from who we are.

My latest for @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...

Opinion | You Don’t Have to Be a Doctor to Understand This

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Craig Spencer MD MPH @craigspencer.bsky.social · Jul 7

Thank you! The feeling is very mutual!

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Craig Spencer MD MPH @craigspencer.bsky.social · Jun 26

Yesterday, RFK Jr announced the U.S. wouldn't continue to support Gavi, the leading international vaccine organization.

I had a lot of thoughts, so I put them in my first ever Substack.

tl;dr—this is RFK Jr taking his anti-vaccine crusade global.

Read it here:
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